This Car Runs on Code

It takes dozens of microprocessors running 100 million
lines of code to get a premium car out of the driveway,
and this software is only going to get more complex

By Robert N. Charette
Posted 1 Feb 2009 | 5:00 GMT

http://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/systems/this-car-runs-on-code

As noted by one notable engineer with expert researching skills:

"It’s long past time for the police, media, and public
to stop pretending it’s still 1965 when the only
electronic item in a vehicle was its radio ... "